Wow! @menendez.house.gov says that the EXACT scenario I flagged two months ago, where ICE "releases" someone having a medical emergency solely so their death won't be recorded as occurring while in custody, happened last month at the infamous Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, NJ.

Matt Shuham@mattshuham.bsky.social · yesterday

Days before the death of Edwin Jeovanny Lopez Cornejo, ICE officials did not report the death of another man who’d been detained at Delaney Hall — because they had technically “released” him in the middle of a medical emergency, Rep. Rob Menendez (D-NJ) alleged. www.huffpost.com/entry/delane...

By publicly rebuking U.S. Attorney Pirro, President Trump sent a message to other administration officials that he is not to be contradicted, regardless of what the facts show.

Trump pushes ahead on false claims Reflecting Pool was vandalized

Jeanine Pirro this week found out there’s a trade-off between loyalty to President Donald Trump and being loyal to reality. The top federal prosecutor in the nation’s capital has been a fierce defende...

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No, taking other countries’ sovereign resources is illegal

Mediaite@mediaite.com · 6h ago

Trump Brags He’s Taking ‘Billions of Barrels of Oil From Venezuela’ Because ‘To the Victor Belong the Spoils’ 

“trump’s frustration over the Iran war boiled over at Camp David last week, where he demanded answers from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on why he had apparently been misled on extreme munitions shortages that now threaten to limit military options with Iran.” wapo.st/4hQVTF0

Trump, Hegseth clashed at Camp David over Iran missile depletion concerns

At a Camp David summit this weekend, President Trump demanded answers from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over extreme munitions shortages.

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Tyler King@tyleraking.com · 2d ago

The Army has used “virtually all” of its surface-to-surface weapons, known as Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) and Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM) during Iran war so far.

The fact that the Democratic senators are agreeing to a continuing resolution until Dec 11th with NO compromises for them is absolute political malpractice and head scratching. Why not even try to ban like…. The arch? Anything!

This is bullshit. Once AIs are feeding off only the output of other AIs, you’ll get the tech equivalent of Mad Cow Disease. Those models will produce even more gibberish than they currently do.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 8h ago

“Once AI has ‘squeezed out’ all the expert data from humans, it won’t need any more input from humanity. That is the time AIs will start just self-evolving by themselves. Right now, the human is the bottleneck.”

Note to readers: Not one of these ships will ever be built.

Benjamin Dreyer@bcdreyer.social · 9h ago

I hope you're sitting down.

🕯️ Polish volunteer Marek Rusek-Wolski was killed in a Russian drone strike on Kharkiv. Since 2023, Marek repeatedly risked his life evacuating civilians and bringing help to those in need. 🧵 1/3 ⬇️

This incident is no surprise considering that it seems like he has stopped using ground transportation based on the frequency with which I see Marine One in the sky lately.

NBC4 Washington@nbcwashington.com · 9h ago

The incident occurred as Marine One left the White House for Andrews Air Force Base with the president aboard at the same time a commercial jet took off from Reagan National.

5th August 1975 - Drummer Sandy West and guitarist Joan Jett formed the first ever all female heavy rock band after being introduced by producer Kim Fowley. The Runaways released four studio albums, including "The Runaways", "Queens of Noise" and "Waiting for the Night." #Runaways #LitaFord

The U.S. Military Academy at West Point agreed to a permanent legal ban on its controversial policy limiting what professors can say and write publicly, although an attorney for the academy left open the possibility of a later appeal.

West Point won’t fight ban on school policy limiting professors’ speech

Officials at West Point have retreated from their defense of a controversial policy restricting faculty speech.

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Your little oopsie "mistakes" had me worrying for a year of my life about my partner going to jail for up to a decade based on lies likely fed to you by the top of the federal government. Show everyone what you're covering up in these emails and texts. There's a reason you don't want them released.

Boutros acknowledges 'mistakes' in 'Broadview 6' case but says sanctions, special counsel aren't needed

Chicago's top federal prosecutor noted in a court filing that his office has already dropped charges in the case, implemented “robust root-cause changes” and started the process of reviewing over 1,00...

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"What distinguished West Point is not that it claimed a monopoly on character development, but that it recognized technical competence without moral development can become dangerous." Many of our leaders lack both, but character might be most important.

Character Is Countercultural

On virtue, politics, and public service.

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El-Sayed: "Once a government agency like ICE is told it has impunity to do the worst things and violate the highest law of the land, which is the Constitution itself, I don't think you can reform or retrain. I think we need to start from scratch ... I think we need to abolish it."

Keeping people constantly deployed has a mounting cost. www.ms.now/news/conditi...

Moldy showers and no soap: Military families are outraged by conditions on USS Lincoln

The aircraft carrier's long deployment in the Iran war is raising concerns that the sailors and Marines on board are facing poor conditions, low supplies and fatigue.

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New Mexico sued the U.S. Justice Department, accusing federal officials of stonewalling the state’s criminal investigation into the late Jeffrey Epstein on.wsj.com/4c4M0jj

New Mexico Attorney General Sues DOJ for Access to Epstein Files

A lawsuit accuses the Justice Department and Todd Blanche of stonewalling the state’s investigation into activities at Zorro Ranch.

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NEW | Marine One and a commercial aircraft briefly flew close to each other near Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington on Tuesday, prompting the Federal Aviation Administration to investigate the incident. The latest:

FAA reviews incident involving Marine One, commercial plane flying too close near DC airport

A commercial aircraft and Marine One experienced a brief separation issue near Ronald Reagan National Airport, prompting the FAA to investigate.

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Detentions of International Scholars at Airports Raise Alarm A Johns Hopkins University researcher was detained at an airport by immigration officials and later released. Cases like hers make travel fraught for foreign scholars. https://bit.ly/4550wnx

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Once again, child dies in gene-editing trial in China, rekindling debate on transparency and safety

With a second delayed report of a child's death in China, criticism is rising of a looser form of clinical trial. One expert: what "bothers me is the lack of transparency."

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📍 𝐅𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐀: Ex-ICE detainee says elderly, pregnant and sick individuals were treated like “animals in a zoo” while in immigration custody. “There were people that had cancer. They did their first chemo before they were in, and they were not allowed to get their second chemo.” #AbuseofPowerWatch

Ex-ICE detainee says elderly, pregnant women, and breast cancer patient were mistreated in Broward

Claudia Carolina Rodriguez Caglianone, who has been living in South Florida since 2017, said she and other U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees were treated like animals.

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Y'all don't need me to tell you this but @nicktimiraos.bsky.social is an excellent reporter and does excellent economic and monetary policy analysis *in addition to* his very good sourcing inside the Federal Reserve.

Michael Derby@michaelsderby.bsky.social · 14h ago

As evidence for Warsh’s rough start as Fed chair, the Treasury secretary is now going after reporters for their coverage of the central bank.

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Zeke Hausfather@zekehausfather.com · 3d ago

I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.

Well, this.

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John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 14h ago

I pass by this house every time I go to the church. It's lovely on the outside; the inside looks like it hasn't been updated in 50 years. The person who gets it should expect some to put in some renovations. Also, Bradford is nice, and also VERY MUCH a rural Ohio village, with all that implies.

Sunrise reveals a Pacific Northwest overwhelmed with wildfire smoke. Combined with rising temperatures in the region, any outdoor activities should be limited as much as possible. weather.gov

Judge Wise finds that ICE coerced a 20-year-old Tongan man — admitted legally to the country three years ago — to sign a document accepting deportation, despite no criminal record or immigration proceedings against him. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Former J6 federal prosecutors are begging senators -- mostly GOPers, but a handful of Dems are in there, too -- to stop confirming election deniers to lifetime federal courts seats. “Please stop poisoning our courts." www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...

Former J6 Prosecutors Beg Senators To Stop Confirming Election Deniers To Court Seats

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The phone I'm going to use:

rufus@te-kanawa.bsky.social · last wk.

i plan on watching the odyssey on my phone during breaks at work as intended

Evergreen lede: "Trump administration wrongly canceled"

TechCrunch@techcrunch.com · 14h ago

Trump EPA wrongly canceled $20B in climate funds, appeals court rules